Number Of Syrian Refugees Climbs Above 5 Million

March 30, 2017 12:14 GMT

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (right) talks to Syrian women and girls during a visit to the Zaatari refugee camp, which shelters some 80,000 Syrian refugees on the Jordanian border with war-ravaged Syria, on March 28.

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Number Of Syrian Refugees Climbs Above 5 Million

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The number of Syrians who have fled their country after six years of civil war has risen above 5 million, the UN's refugee agency says.

The UNHCR announced the milestone on March 30, a year after the international community pledged to "resettle and facilitate pathways for 500,000 refugees" to alleviate the burden on countries neighboring Syria.